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Department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
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Isère is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. Isère is the third-largest ski and winter destination in France, after Savoie and Haute-Savoie. It also hosts Coupe Icare, an annual festival of free flight, such as paragliding and hang-gliding, held at the world-renowned paragliding site at Lumbin. Grenoble has a dozen museums, and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), an international research facility in Grenoble, that is open to visitors.
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calls itself "the capital of the Alps"; its Bastille is an ancient series of fortifications on the mountainside that provide a good vantage point over the town and the surrounding mountains
renowned for the Chartreuse cellars, and the Bonnat, Radiall and Antésite chocolate factories
a ski area with a variety of pistes suitable for all levels of skier
a popular resort for skiing and cycling fans
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